monocalcicadj.
/mɒnə(ʊ)ˈkalsɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈkælsɪk/ Chemistry. Now rare.
Of calcium phosphate: containing one atom of calcium per molecule.
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1868 S. W. Johnson How Crops Grow 135 The superphosphate of commerce..is essentially a mixture of sulphate of lime with the three phosphates above noticed, of which the monocalcic phosphate should predominate.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 299 Two molecules of dicalcic phosphate and one of monocalcic phosphate.
1994 Norwegian Jrnl. Agric. Sci. Suppl. No. 15. 83 Extraction in 0.25M KCl..was found..to result in a significant improvement over the more widely used extraction with monocalcic phosphate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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